Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers say many of the details of the next biennial budget—including the size of contentious funding cuts—rest on upcoming tax revenue forecasts, but budget experts warn that such predictions are increasingly inaccurate.

The Sixth Amendment Center, a national nonprofit, says that the $40 an hour Wisconsin pays appointed attorneys — the lowest compensation rate for such lawyers in the country — jeopardizes low-income defendants' right to an adequate defense.

A group of Wausau churches has scheduled a "Black Lives Matter" march this Sunday that will address a wide range of issues affecting black Wisconsin residents, and not just police shootings. The mile-long March will take place in a city where only 2.52 percent of the public school students are...

A Democratic state senator says the state's economic development arm needs to crack down on companies that move jobs out of state. Sen. Dave Hansen started drafting the legislation after news outlets reported that the power systems company Eaton Corp. would be moving 93 jobs to Mexico after it received...

Wisconsin's bike trails are back open, with one of its most popular and legendary ones celebrating a major anniversary: 50 years ago this summer, the Elroy-Sparta State Trail became the nation’s first " rail-to-trail" conversion.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced its new safety standards for oil train cars Friday but the overhaul is not getting a warm welcome from either the rail industry or advocates for tougher standards.

A former federal prosecutor says the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement that it will dedicate $20 million to fund body cameras for police departments around the country will help cash-strapped municipalities implement the technology.

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it will dedicate $20 million to fund pilot police body camera programs at police departments around the country. The move comes after a year of protests over police-community relations, particularly the use of lethal force against black men and boys. A 2013 study...